Chapter 3027 — The Peculiar Little Shu (Part Two)
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"Oh? Fiery Cloud?" Wu Chengtian was briefly taken aback, but he extended his hand nonetheless. "How do you do. I am Wu Chengtian of the Wu family of the mortal realm, one of the younger brothers under Wei Zhao's leadership, a peak late Earth-rank expert!"
"What? The Wu family of the mortal realm? A peak late Earth-rank expert?" Fiery Cloud was startled. Since when did a mortal clan boast a peak late Earth-rank expert? What on earth was going on here? Had he spent so long within the ancient sect that he had lost all track of the changes beyond its gates?
How had the power of these mortal clans caught up with that of the hidden clans? And here was a mere junior, a peak late Earth-rank expert in his own right—compared with the ancient sects, that was hardly a poor showing at all.
Wu Chengtian was also wary that Fiery Cloud might harbor ill intentions, and so he had laid out his own strength first. Seeing Fiery Cloud's astonishment, he went on, "That is right. There are many younger brothers under our leader's banner—scions of the hidden Zhuang family, the hidden Han family, the hidden Pi family. All of them are peak late Earth-rank experts."
A single peak late Earth-rank expert like Wu Chengtian was nothing remarkable in itself, but what astonished Fiery Cloud was that Wei Zhao had so many younger brothers who were all peak late Earth-rank experts. Was it coincidence, or was something else at work?
Yet from what Fiery Cloud remembered, even scions of the hidden clans could hardly muster such numbers of peak late Earth-rank experts. Could their strength have something to do with Wei Zhao? Otherwise, why would every last one of them be stuck at precisely the peak of the late Earth rank—no more, no less?
At this thought, Fiery Cloud felt all the more certain that coming here to call on Wei Zhao had been an utterly correct decision. Wei Zhao was far more powerful than he had imagined!
"Very well. Since Brother Lin is not here, I shall make camp nearby and wait for his return!" Fiery Cloud said. "I have a tent in my car. All along the road I have slept in nothing but that tent, so I am quite used to it."
"What? You want to stay at the gate?" Gu Mengyao felt it was somewhat impolite to leave a guest at the doorstep. Her first thought had been to send Fiery Cloud back, but he was clearly determined to wait here, so after a moment's hesitation she said to Little Shu, "How about we let him into the villa to stay with Wu Chengtian?"
"No!" Shen Yushu cried out at once, refusing. But then, feeling her reaction had been too fierce, she hastily explained, "If strangers move in, I will not be able to sleep at night."
Though Shen Yushu had for the moment satisfied herself that Fiery Cloud had not come to make trouble for her, she was still afraid—afraid that given time he might learn something. She was unwilling to have any dealings with Fiery Cloud whatsoever, and felt an instinctive aversion to him.
Seeing Little Shu's resolute manner, Gu Mengyao knitted her brows slightly, but she could hardly bring the matter up again. After all, Little Shu had a share in this villa too, and she could not disregard her opinion. Yet Gu Mengyao knew perfectly well that Shen Yushu's sleeplessness was certainly not the real reason. A few days ago, Old Master Pi, Old Master Han, and a whole crowd of others had been staying in the villa, and Little Shu had shown no sign of discomfort then.
"It is no trouble. I am quite used to living out here..." Fiery Cloud was somewhat puzzled as well. It seemed he had never offended Shen Yushu in the slightest, so why did she seem to take a dislike to him no matter what?
"Not here either. Go back and wait. Or leave a way to contact you, and when Brother Arrow-Brand returns, I will have him get in touch with you!" Shen Yushu had no desire to see Fiery Cloud the moment she stepped out the door every day; it would sour her mood for the whole day.